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watery nectar contained in the flower of the Indian Coral tree, 

 Erythrina indica, upon which tree it may always be found, when 

 the tree is in blossom. It arrives about the 15th September. 



[Neither received nor reported as yet from any part of Sindh, 

 but occurring throughout the rest of the region and obtained 

 at Sambhur by Mr. Adam.— A. 0. H.] 



756.— Mirafra erythroptera, Jerdon. 



The Red-winged Bush Lark is tolerably common in the 

 plains, wherever there is grass studded with low bushes or scrub 

 jungle. 



[Neither received nor recorded from Sindh, but common 

 enough in Cutch, Kattiawar and Jodhpoor. Not observed as yet 

 on Aboo.— A. O. H.] 



757. — Mirafra cantillans, Jerdon. 



The Singing Bush Lark is also common in the plains, fre- 

 quenting the same kind of ground as the last species. I found 

 a nest on the 22nd July near Deesa under a tuft of grass 

 containing three eggs, about to hatch, of a greyish white color 

 thickly freckled and speckled with inky brown, darkest at the 

 large end, with a few yellowish specks as well. The whole com- 

 bining in forming a dense dark cap at the large end. The old 

 bird ( $ ) sat very close, allowing me to capture her on the 

 nest with a horse hair noose fastened to the end of a thin rod. 

 The nest was almost spherical, with a hole near the top for 

 ingress and egress. It was made of dry grass, somewhat 

 massively put together and neatly lined with similar material 

 of a finer quality. 



[Does not, so far as I know, ascend mount Aboo. Not observed 

 as yet in Sindh, Cutch or Kattiawar, though it probably occurs 

 sparingly in the eastern portions of these, as it does in the 

 western parts of Jodhpoor. In the eastern portions of the 

 latter, as towards Sambhur, it is not uncommon. — A. 0. H.] 



758.— Ammomanes phsenicura, FrankL 



The Rufous-tailed Finch Lark is not very common. It 

 affects bare cultivated ground after the crops have been removed, 

 as well as dry grassy plains, but does not ascend the hills 

 as far as I know. 



[Common throughout the entire region, except Sindh, where 

 it is replaced by A. lusitania, Ghnel. — A. 0. H.] 



760.— Pyrrhulauda grisea, Scop. 



The Black-bellied Finch Lark is very common in the plains, 

 frequenting bare sandy plains, ploughed fields, &c, apparently 

 preferring open ground to any other. 



